Assam govt likely to take legal action against BBC, centre to review all permissions
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IBNS): The Assam government is all set to take legal action against British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and its South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt for a recently aired documentary film on Kaziranga National Park.
Assam: Poachers kill another rhino in Kaziranga and remove horn
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IBNS) : Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) continue to be plagued by poaching as one more one-horned rhinoceros inside the park was killed in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Discovery presents explorer Levison Wood’s record-breaking journey across the Nile
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS-NotinTown): Dauntless explorer and former British Army paratrooper Levison Wood walked the Nile - from source to sea - to uncover its many perplexities and to be the first person ever to endure something of extraordinary magnitude.
Uttar Pradesh: Forest officials hotfooting to track man-eating tigress of Pilibhit
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IBNS): Forest officials have employed drone cameras and other tracking devices to locate the man-eating tigress roaming the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, according to media reports on Saturday.
Centre okays use of drones for vigilance in Kaziranga National Park
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IBNS) : To check the fast growing killing spree ofone- horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the Assam forest department will now use drones for vigilance in the world heritage site.
World Wetlands Day: Maharashtra seeks Ramsar site tag for its flamingo sanctuary
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IBNS): World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on Feb 2 to raise awareness of about this unique geographical area which is integral to the well-being of the globe
Canada: Climate change causes bird's plumage to evolve, study suggests
Toronto, Jan 29 (IBNS): According to a new study white head patch on male species of Ficedula albicollis-- a small bird that breeds in Europe and overwinters in sub-Saharan Africa-- was found to shrink as climate warms, media reports said.
Washington, Jan 15 (IBNS): Animal Defenders International (ADI) on Sunday said it has welcomed the announcement by Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus to close its animal shows from May, citing declines in ticket sales after earlier announcing a ‘mood shift’ among their consumers .
More than 6,000 turtles stuffed in sacks for smuggling recovered from Amethi house
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, Jan 1 (IBNS) : In a massive seizure rarely known to have been made anywhere in India, police have rescued more than 6,000 turtles, stuffed in sacks for smuggling, after a raid in a house in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, NDTV reported.
Rhino census to begin in Assam from next month
Guwahati, Jan 3 (IBNS): The Assam forest department is all set to conduct the rhino census across the state from next month.
Pan Pan, world's oldest giant panda, dies in China
Beijing, Dec 29 (IBNS): World's oldest male giant panda, Pan Pan, died on Wednesday in China's Sichuan Province, according to media reports.
Cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, on the verge of extinction
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IBNS): The world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, is dangerously close to extinction, according to a recent study conducted by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Panthera.
90 million years old bird species identified in Canadian Arctic
Toronto, Dec 23 (IBNS): A new prehistoric species of 90 million years old bird had been identified in the Canadian Arctic, media reports said.
Rhino poaching : Assam forest department suspended seven guards of Kaziranga
Guwahati, Dec 23 (IBNS) : A day after a rhino was found poached, Assam forest department on Friday suspended seven forest guards of Kaziranga National Park (KNP), after they were found of being involved in negligence in duty, following the instruction by forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma.
Another rhino poached in Kaziranga
Guwahati, Dec 22 (IBNS): Poachers continue with their killing spree in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) as the death of another one-horned rhinoceros on Wednesday night seems to prove.